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Unlicensed exports of dual use goods and breaches of export controls have cost UK companies thousands of pounds.
The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment of the Campaign Against Arms Trade's appeal, in relation to licensing decisions about military exports to Saudi Arabia.
The Export Control Order 2008 has been amended and the consolidated list of strategic military and dual-use items that require export authorisation has been been updated accordingly.
Current export licensing arrangements will continue to apply until the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.
The Department for International Trade has changed the process for inspecting the records of exporters of controlled goods.
The necessary steps have been taken to comply with the judgment of the Court of Appeal of 20 June 2019 regarding licences for military exports to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the conflict in Yemen.
Open general licences that include Hong Kong will be changed or amended to bring them in line with restrictions on China from 20 July 2020.
This notice provides the contact email which must be used by exporters wishing to apply for or renew OGEL approval letters from the Ministry of Defence.
This licence provides regulation on the provision of technical assistance, financial services and funds, and brokering services.
The Department for International Trade has reviewed the scope of 2 open general export licences to make them more useable.
This notice addresses certain issues regarding some shipments of dual-use items that require export authorisation.
This notice sets out our plan to introduce mandatory EORI numbers on licence applications and registrations in SPIRE.
This notice sets out changes to the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria and forthcoming changes to military end-use controls.
Resumption of normal licensing for the export of all controlled items to Turkey.
Trade remedies notices published by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade relating to the anti-dumping duty on welded tubes and pipes from Belarus and China (formerly Belarus, China, and Russia)
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Text of chapter 1 of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia.
Text of chapter 12 of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia.
Text of chapter 24 of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand.
Text of chapter 25 of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand.
Information on the contents of the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill and some common misconceptions addressed.
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